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"You've been watching me." The previously majestic winged creature was now in a human looking female form and settled down beside him on the large rock that he was sitting on. There was a fabulous view of the forest from his perch and at the center had been the dragon.
"I miss dragons, the land where I come from they're extinct. They were over-hunted by the warriors of our land centuries ago." It was a relief that even though he was in Midgard he was in a land of magic with multiple origins, so he could speak of where he was from without anyone being able to figure out who he was.
"So nostalgia?" Loki inclined his head but didn't speak further or look at the dark haired woman beside him.
"You know most of the people from the land of untold stories live in town?" She spoke but there wasn't any accusation in her voice, it sounded like she was giving him an opening if he wanted to speak, he didn't.
"I know why me and my mother chose to live here, but why do you?" He sighed, and considered just telling her to go away. But he had been the one watching her even though he hadn't known. Honestly, he missed dragons dreadfully. Even though she wasn't a real dragon he liked seeing her in her dragon form so he was less brisk than he otherwise might have been.
"The trees are lovely," he said evasively. In all honesty, it was because they were on Midgard, the planet he tried to take over. He had learned enough by illusioning himself and going about in town for small segments to know that this land was in Midgard, but at the same time separate from it. With his true face it was possible they would remember him and then if SHIELD or Asgard got wind of it, they would once again know that he had lived when most thought him dead. He was sure that the third time would be any better than the first two.
"They are, but living in a tent when you could live in town, with the others is strange. Especially since you don't give me the outdoorsy vibe," Loki finally turned to look at the woman beside him and raised an eyebrow at her less than subtle prying. She smiled at him in a friendly manner.
"Sorry it's just been awhile since I've been human," she said and started to swing her legs over the edge.
"I had no idea you were," Loki whispered in annoyance admitting it aloud. If he had he wouldn't have watched her like this, at least not nearly so openly. She didn't answer him and she stopped speaking for so long he thought maybe she had gone away to leave him be. When his eyes flickered in her direction he found her still there, but thankfully she was at least silent now. She didn't appear to be looking at him either but around at the trees of the forest.
"It looks different this way." Loki had nothing to say to that but with the loss of her chipper and prying attitude he was much less annoyed with her company. The two sat in silence for awhile and the sun started to set in sky, releasing red and oranges
"Are you a dragon that can become a human? Or a human that can be a dragon?" The questions suddenly slipped out before he could stop it, but it had been buzzing around in the back of his mind incessantly like a bunch of bees. He turned slightly so that he could see her face as she answered, she looked rather pensive.
"That's the question isn't it? I was hatched from an egg but I was human. I lived in the outside world all my life up until a year ago and then I became a dragon for the first time. For the first month, my mom taught me how to be a dragon. How to jump back and forth between shapes but that is something about being a dragon that is so freeing so I stopped switching back. Maybe because the darkness isn't so powerful in that form." He raised his eyebrows in confusion but she didn't answer. In fact. she looked away he had a feeling that she hadn't meant to say the last bit aloud. After a moment when it became clear she wasn't going to elaborate, he dropped it. He was slightly curious but not enough to force or weasel the information out. He turned again towards the sunset leaving the stranger in his peripheral vision.
Even though he spent the last few months in this forest. He only ever watched the sunset when he watched the dragon, who happened to also be a mortal woman. Normally he spent his time getting used to and honing the magic of the land. There was magic in the air, more than most realms which made it much easier to do more complicated bits of magic than it was in realms that weren't laced with it. Lands where it all had to come from inside. That and hunting, foraging and upkeeping his abode. It brought him back to his boyhood days of learning to hunt. He hadn't liked it much back then and honestly it was rather tedious now but he wanted to spend as little time around the others as he could, lest he slip up and they recognize him.
Loki's attention was drawn when he saw movement. He turned his head slightly and saw the woman getting up off the rock. She briefly turned to look at him before she was swallowed by purple magic. A moment later she was back to her previous glory and flew off. Loki stayed and finished watching the sunset.
Okay, this is going to be a short little story it's going to be short little chapters updated hopefully once a day till it's done.